Keywords

Mixtures


Pure Substances and Impurities

— A pure substance has no other substance mixed with it

— Purity is important for stuff like food, drugs, vaccines

— An unwanted substance mixed with the substance you want is called an impurity

— Impure substances have a range of melting and boiling points

— The wider the range of melting and boiling points, the more impure the substance is

— Impure substances = melting point lower, boiling point higher


Separating Mixtures

Why? To obtain the specific substance we need, to retain the pure substance!


Methods of Separating Mixtures